Main Street (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Synonyms

• High Street

Meaning ²

Any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis); "Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician".

Classification

Nouns denoting spatial position.

Examples

• The annual parade drew thousands to the downtown area of Anytown USA, affectionately known as main street, where the residents celebrated with hot dogs and live music.
• She'd written the scathing article about Main Street, focusing on the parochial nature of small towns, in her small hometown where nothing ever seemed to change.
• Growing up in Main Street America taught her to cherish traditional values like simplicity, simplicity that oftentimes went overlooked.
• Though widely derided for their conformity and unthinking conservative voting habits, residents of many main streets felt attacked by writers and liberal intellectuals alike.
• Like others in similar quaint town across America known affectionately as main street she stood her ground by buying a beat up copy of "It Can't Happen Here", grateful her grandmother handed her an iconic but stirring treatise of complacent provincial US and political turmoil to escape all sorts.